I’ve finally invested in a high resolution monitor, which means 1080p content looks pretty bad, especially on a 32 inch display.

I’ve been using FMovies so far for streaming, but now that 1080 looks like shit on my display, it’s sort of lost it’s appeal. Are there any ways to have a convenient streaming setup (that doesn’t require too much effort for every new movie/show I want to watch) that also supports 1440p or 4k?

  • uwu@yiffit.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Keep in mind that bitrate is king. Of course anything on FMovies is gonna look crap because they can’t afford the bandwidth for all the people that use it to have crazy high bitrate streams.

    A decent 20-40mbps 1080p movie is gonna look better than any FMovies type site streaming 4k.

  • AceSLS@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s quite some work to set it up and get it running but I use the *arr stack with Jellyfin and Kodi

    Here’s a guide to get started with docker: link

    It’s fire and forget, so you set it up and configure it and then you basically have your own netflix. I’m currently downloading everything in 1080p Blue-Ray quality which looks pretty nice on my 27inch 1440p monitor (Kodi also upscales your Videos, which is nice). You can also setup Jellyseerr after you followed the Trash Guide to make downloading just a matter of 3 clicks, really feels like you have your own netflix just better

    Also don’t forget to use some kind of vpn for torrenting with sonarr/radarr if you’re in a country where torrentimg is illegal